Apple Launches $0.99 Mac FaceTime App on Mac App Store — Apple has launched the FaceTime for Mac App on the Mac App Store for $0.99: … The app was in public beta before this, but with the imminent launch of the new MacBook Pros, Apple has launched version 1.0. New MacBook Pro owners will get FaceTime pre-installed.

Motorola's Xoom Starts Tablet Wars With iPad — After months of speculation, the tablet wars begin in earnest this week. Motorola is releasing its Xoom tablet on Feb. 24, and I consider it the first truly comparable competitor to Apple's hit iPad. That is partly because it is the first iPad challenger …

An iPad lovers review of Motorola Xoom — You know I'm an iPad freak. I was first in line to buy one and I've used it so much my screen is cracked. — It is the device that's changed my life more than any other in the past year, which, in a year that Microsoft Kinect shipped, is totally impressive.

Apple Releases Developer Preview of Mac OS X Lion — Apple® today released a developer preview of Mac OS® X Lion, which takes some of the best ideas from iPad™ and brings them back to the Mac® for the eighth major release of the world's most advanced operating system.

More answers about our first software update — It's been roughly 48 hours since we hit the send button on our first Windows Phone software update. The rooms around me are buzzing with folks monitoring the rollout, sifting carefully through incoming phone health data (from customers who provide it) …

AOL Exec David Eun Out - Here's His Email To Staff — David Eun, my boss's (Heather) boss since the acquisition, will shortly be leaving AOL. As President of AOL Media and Studios he oversaw the AOL homepage as well as all of the content brands and sites.

A good demonstration of Light Peak/Thunderbolt — What I don't immediately understand is how this is going to work with my current MacBook Pro/monitor setup. It would seem that if I got a new MBP and a Thunderbolt external hard drive that the hard drive would have two thunderbolt ports …

Disney Acquires Social Network For Kids Togetherville — Disney has just acquired Togetherville, a social network for kids 10 years of age or younger, we've confirmed with the company. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed at the moment. — Togetherville, which exited beta last year …

Things overheard on the WiFi from my Android smartphone — Today in my undergraduate security class, we set up a sniffer so we could run Wireshark and Mallory to listen in on my Android smartphone. This blog piece summarizes what we found. — Google properly encrypts traffic to Gmail and Google Voice …

Samsung Galaxy S 4G Teardown — Introducing the Samsung Galaxy S 4G. Not to be confused with the Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, or Galaxy Tab, the Galaxy S 4G is Samsung's newest entry to the smartphone arena. Join us today as we unravel the mysteries of the Galaxy S 4G.

CHART OF THE DAY: The Utter Collapse Of MySpace — We knew MySpace was dying, but we didn't know it was this bad. MySpace had 45 million unique visitors in January, down from from 70 million the year prior, according to comScore data. — This is why MySpace is up for sale.

Amazon Prime Streaming Will Disrupt Netflix, Here's How — Over the past 24 hours, I've read a lot of blog posts about Amazon's new Instant Video streaming offering available to Amazon Prime subscribers, yet there are a bunch of really important aspects about the service no one seems to be discussing.

Exxon, Shell Said to Have Been Hacked Via Chinese Servers — Computer hackers working through Internet servers in China broke into and stole proprietary information from the networks of six U.S. and European energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc …

Australia confirms ISPs are not copyright cops — The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed a case (read the ruling) from the movie industry which argued that ISPs must take action against file-swappers, based on allegations of infringement from copyright holders.